813 : De Civitate Dei
Number
813
Shelf Marks
- Boston, Public Library, Med. 10
Owners before c.1550
- Chapter of St Mary and the twelve apostles (church), Utrecht
Commissioners
- Chapter of St Mary and the twelve apostles (church), Utrecht
- Clergy
- Gender : Institution
Country
USA
Ownership Category
Public
Scribe
Theodoricus Ghijsberti (Friar)
Origin
-
Place
- Region : Sticht
- Details : Utrecht ?
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Date
- Date details : 1466
- Half centuries : 1450-1499
- Decade : 1460 - 1469
Physical description
Measurements
- 166 (1+264+1) leaves
- Size categories of height : 375-399 mm
- Height of text blocks : 375 mm
- Width of text blocks : 283 mm
Illustrations
- Total number of illustrations : 3
- Number of miniatures : 1
- Number of historiated initials : 2
- Number of grisailles :
- Number of drawings :
Miniaturists
- Antonis Utenbroec / M Boston City of God
Material
Parchment
Binding
- Description : modern (parchment over wooden boards)
- Dating : Modern binding
Content
Genre
philosophical, theological, ascetic
Authors
- Augustine
Translators
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Contents
- 1 : De Civitate Dei
Languages
- Latin
Bibliography
Henri L.M. Defoer, Anne S. Korteweg & Wilhelmina C.M. Wüstefeld, The Golden Age of Dutch Manuscript Painting, exhib. cat., New York-Utrecht-Stuttgart 1989, cat. no. 073 (2 il.)
Jonathan J.G. Alexander, James H. Marrow & Lucy Freeman Sandler (with the assistance of Elisabeth Moodey and Todor T. Petev), The Splendor of the Word. Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts at the New York Public Library, exhib. cat., New York-London-Turnhout 2005, see no. 68
Responsable
Hanno Wijsman